2026 Montana High School Basketball State Champions

The 2026 Montana High School State Basketball Championships are all wrapped up, and some great stories and games came out of this year's brackets.

Here are the state champions:

Class AA Boys: Missoula Sentinel Spartans

Congratulations to the Spartans for bringing home the high school's first state title in 40 years (!!!!). Sentinel defeated Billings West 47-46 in overtime on Saturday in Billings.

Class AA Girls: Gallatin Raptors

Gallatin defeated Billings West (it was a tough Saturday for Billings West, going 0-2 in state title games) 58-41 in the title game after big wins over Helena and Billings Senior.

Class A Boys: Billings Central Rams

Billings Central ran away from Dillon in the Class A state title game 70-40. It's the Rams' first state title since 2021.

Class A Girls: Havre Blue Ponies

Havre absolutely shut down Billings Central on the girls' side, winning the title 52-28. It's the Blue Ponies' 6th title in the last 9 state tournaments.

Class B Boys: Lodge Grass Indians

The Indians finished off an undefeated (26-0) season as they topped Harlem 69-48. It's Lodge Grass' 8th state title in program history.

Class B Girls: Baker Spartans

Baker tackled Malta in the Class B state title game, 64-51. The Spartans led throughout in Bozeman.

Class C Boys: Scobey Spartans

What's up with all the Spartans winning State Championships this year? That's three Spartans with titles. Anyway, congrats to Scobey as they dominated Lustre Christian 56-39.

Class C Girls: Denton/Geyser/Stanford/Geraldine Bearcats

Last but certainly not least, DGSG capped off an undefeated season with a thrilling 64-57 overtime win over Circle in Missoula on Saturday.